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Esukārī
Person一位婆罗门,曾在祇陀林向佛陀请教种姓之别,佛陀教导四姓皆可同等践行善法,他因此在法会结束时皈依佛陀。
A brahmin who questioned the Buddha at Jetavana about caste distinctions and was taught that all four castes can equally live the good life, becoming a follower at the discourse’s end.
MN 96
Esukārī2
Person波罗奈国王,与膝下无子的祭司情谊深厚;祭司靠树神庇佑得四子,四子相继出家,他本人(即净饭王的前生)最终也随之出家,事见《象护本生》。
A king of Bārāṇasī, close friend of his childless chaplain, whose four sons all renounced the world one by one — a story in which he himself, a past life of Suddhodana, ultimately joined them.
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